Rovio’s Angry Birds franchise is still going strong, but sales of related consumer products are down. Rovio Rovio, the mobile-gaming company best known for developing the Angry Birds franchise, had a rough 2014. But don’t blame it on the games. The Finland-based company posted earnings before interest and taxes of just 10 million euros (about …

How the Pebble’s smart straps would connect. Pebble Pebble’s new smartwatch is coming in a few months, but innovative smart straps could be what makes the Pebble Time stand out from the competition. Pebble’s CEO Eric Migicovsky explained earlier this month that the Pebble Time and Time Steel watches will work with sensor-enhanced straps that connect with an underside connector …

Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET I believe it was once said, “With great annotations comes great responsibility.” YouTube’s annotations are a powerful tool for engaging viewers, but they can quickly spiral out of control and become more of a distraction than an interaction. Thankfully, you have ways to combat incessant speech bubbles, from eradicating them one by one to erasing their …

Lightroom 5.7 lets people organize and edit photos. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Adobe Systems released software Thursday that lets Photoshop customers handle raw images from the latest Canon and Nikon SLRs — and which hints that an overhauled version of the Lightroom photography software could be coming soon. The new Adobe Camera Raw plug-in lets Photoshop handle raw files from …

T-Mobile CEO John Legere talks up the carrier’s willingness to buy out device payment plans. Sarah Tew/CNET NEW YORK — T-Mobile is again upping the ante with another reason for customers to switch to the “Uncarrier.” The wireless carrier, which may be the third or fourth-largest in the nation depending on who you ask, followed up with its business-centric announcement …

In an attempt to change the public’s general outlook toward conference calls, AnyMeeting has taken on the burden of eliminating pain points. And starting today, a new service called Talk is available. Talk makes scheduling conference calls, with the pertinent info included, as simple as sending an email. The trick is to copy [email protected] on the calendar invite you send …

Microsoft has crafted its own technology that can transform Android phones into Windows 10 devices. While announcing the summer launch of Windows 10, Microsoft also revealed on Tuesday an agreement with Chinese mobile device maker Xiaomi. Under the plan, some owners of the Xiaomi Mi 4, an Android smartphone, will be able to install and test the Windows 10 Technical …

HTC may soon intro a larger sibling to the One M9, according to ongoing rumors. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Here we go again. New rumors bubbling up this week point to HTC launching a 5.2-inch Quad HD version of the HTC One M9 . According to Twitter source @upleaks, the so-called One M9+ may debut in late March or early in the …

David Haines on the job. David Moncrieff II David Haines is a front-of-house mix engineer for the Black Eyed Peas. Regular concertgoers are quick to spot the engineers in the barricaded “island” working the mixing board. Back there Haines is in a direct feedback loop between the band and the audience. It’s the mixer’s job to make sure the show’s …

Lenovo will finally add Windows phones to its lineup. Sarah Tew/CNET Lenovo will finally launch its first lineup of Windows phones, slated for China around midyear. That tidbit was squeezed into the announcement made on Tuesday by Microsoft that Windows 10 itself would debut in 190 countries sometime this summer. In its blog post, Microsoft said Lenovo had announced a …